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U.S. Copyright Report More Rhetoric Than Reality

Posted by Zonk on from the more-bark-than-bite dept.

CanuckGamer writes "Michael Geist has up a great article debunking the U.S. 'Special 301' report that is set to be released this week. The annual copyright report criticizes dozens of countries on their copyright practices, yet Geist notes that the policies are subject to growing criticism within the U.S. and that few countries are actually listening since most ignore the recommendations. 'While the report will generate media headlines and cries for immediate action from Industry Minister Maxime Bernier and Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda, the reality is that Canada's record on intellectual property protection meets international standards. Moreover, differences between the U.S. and Canadian economies - the U.S. is a major exporter of cultural products and has therefore unsurprisingly made stronger copyright protection a core element of its trade strategy while Canada is a net importer of cultural products with a billion dollar annual culture deficit - means that U.S.-backed reforms may do more harm than good.'"

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  1. The Invasion Already Happened by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Canadians were already suckered into installing a neo-Con government with a Prime Minister (a right wing douche-bag called Harper) who is a neo-con and fellow of the American Enterprise Institute (the right-wing stink-tank that brings you the ultra-right policies of the current US regime). The takeover was effected through standard neo-con tactics such manipulation of minor scandal around the previous government into major, manipulation of the media, slime tactics and the ever-popular outright lying. W's string-pullers are Harper's masters too. Harper's mission is to sell Canada out to the US piece by piece while polishing W's knob. So far, all is going according to plan.

    I thought Canadians were smarter.

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